Yego who won the 4th furthest throw of 92.72m in Javelin – a first national and African record – is also the sportsman of year while HyvinKiyeng is the 2015 sportswoman of His exemplary performance in 2015 saw him become the first African towing a Javelin world title at the IAAF World Championships held in Beijing, China.

SOYA Founder, Paul Tergat, praised the sports men and women nominated for the awards and urged them to keep pushing to breaking their own record each day.

“When you do your best within the right parameters and with discipline, you implore others to work as hard, to reap the benefits of clean sports. It has to be clean sports as short-cuts will only land you in trouble,” he said.

Also speaking at the ceremony, Cabinet Secretary for Sports Culture and the Arts, Dr. Hassan Wario.He lauded the sports personalities honored at the event for their great performance and called upon all sports men and women to embrace clean sports.

“It is a shame that despite being world champions in 2015, this great achievement is being watered down by those associated with doping; people who are selfishly seeking quick gains at the cost of honest, clean sports men and women. This should stop and stop now,” he stressed.

He praised the move by the organizers of the fete led by SOYA Founder, Paul Tergat to promote good sports under the theme “Take Responsibility, Stay Clean” and promised Government support in curbing this vice.